Jigsaw Lounge's off-the-cuff answers to the "Tachyon 20 Questions"
1. Favourite episode: The Doctor Dances runners- up : Dalek, Bad Wolf, The Parting of the Ways
2. Least favourite episode: The Long Game Rose, World War III, Aliens of London
3. Best supporting actor (male): Nicholas Briggs, Dalek Shaun Dingwall, Father's Day; Simon Callow, The Unquiet Dead; David Verrey, Aliens of London and World War III
4. Best supporting actor (female): Florence Hoath, The Empty Child and The Unquiet Dead Penelope Wilton, Aliens of London and World War III; Yasmin Bannerman, The End of the World; Eve Myles, The Unquiet Dead
5. Worst supporting actor: can't think of one. Though Paterson Joseph's Rodrick from Bad Wolf and Parting of the Ways was suitably annoying.
6. Best line of Doctor dialogue: "I'm not sure whether this is Marxism in action or a West End Musical" (The Empty Child)
7. Best line of dialogue (non-Doctor): "I want you safe... my doctor" (Rose - The Parting of the Ways) "You would make a good Dalek" (Dalek, Dalek) [is that enough 'daleks'???]
8. Worst line of dialogue (anyone): "Not any more" (Rose after Adam's fainting spell - intro to The Long Game)
9. Best scene or sequence: Dalek in the sunlight (Dalek) conclusion of The Doctor Dances ("Just this once, everybody lives") the regeneration, including Eccleston farewell
10. Best singular image from series: Dalek in the sunlight (Dalek)
11. Funniest moment or dialogue: "YouAREtheweakestlink-goodbye!" : The Anne Droid zaps the Daleks (The Parting of the Ways) "You have got to be joking" - intro to Bad Wolf
12. Scariest moment: Emperor Dalek booms "They survived through me" (The Parting of the Ways trailer)
13: Saddest moment: Eccleston farewell (The Parting of the Ways) Lynda with a Y "zapped" (The Parting of the Ways); The Doctor sifting the dust after Rose is "zapped" (Bad Wolf); Captain Jack's "last" stand (The Parting of the Ways); Pete's farewell (Father's Day)
14. Bit that made the least sense or you wished they'd cut: The anti-plastic solution to the Auton 'problem' (Rose) the Slitheen forehead-zips
15. Best special effect: Evaporation of Dalek ship (The Parting of the Ways)
16. Worst special effect: Cop unzips forehead (Aliens of London) Slitheen as played by men in suits (Aliens of London and World War III); Slitheen transformations ("); man-eating wheelie bin (Rose)
17. Favourite director: Joe Ahearne (Dalek, Father's Day, Bad Wolf, The Parting of the Ways) James Hawes (The Empty Child, The Doctor Dances); Euros Lyn (The End of the World, The Unquiet Dead)
18. Favourite writer: Stephen Moffat (The Empty Child, The Doctor Dances) Robert Shearman (Dalek); Paul Cornell (Father's Day); Russell T Davies (Bad Wolf, The Parting of the Ways, The End of the World)
19. Best and Worst thing the BBC did in relation to this series: best: cast Billie Piper bring it back; cast Christopher Eccleston; introduce Captain Jack worst: those spoiler-tastic "trailers" overemployment of Davies as writer; underemployment of Shearman, Gatiss, etc
20. 25-word summary ?????
Episode guide ----------------
26th March 2005 : Rose [6/10] (written by) Russell T Davies / (directed by) Keith Boak (44 mins)
2nd April : The End of the World [8/10] Davies / Euros Lyn (45 mins) featuring Yasmin Bannerman as Jabe, Beccy Armory as Raffalo and Zoe Wanamaker as Cassandra O'Brien
9th April : The Unquiet Dead [7/10] Mark Gatiss / Lyn (45 mins) featuring Eve Myles as Gwyneth and Simon Callow as Charles Dickens
16th / 23rd April (two-part story) Davies / Boak) Aliens of London [6/10] (45 mins) and World War III [6/10] (43 mins) both episodes featuring David Verrey as 'Joseph Green' and Penelope Wilton as Harriet Jones
30th April : Dalek [9/10] Robert Shearman / Joe Ahearne (45 mins) featuring Nicholas Briggs as 'Dalek' (voice)
7th May : The Long Game [6/10] Davies / Brian Grant featuring Simon Pegg as 'The Editor'
14th May : Father's Day [8/10] Paul Cornell / Joe Ahearne featuring Shaun Dingwall as Pete Tyler
21st / 28th May (two-part story) Stephen Moffat / James Hawes The Empty Child [7/10] and The Doctor Dances [9/10] both episodes featuring Florence Hoath as Nancy and Richard Wilson as Dr Constantine
4th June : Boom Town [6/10] Davies / Ahearne featuring Annette Badland as 'Margaret Blaine'
11th / 18th June (two-part story) Davies / Ahearne Bad Wolf [9/10] and The Parting of the Ways [9/10] featuring Jo Joyner as Lynda Moss, Martha Cope as The Controller and Jo Stone Fewings as 'Davich Pavell' (spelling??)
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rankings
episodes 1. The Doctor Dances [9/10] 2. Dalek [9/10] 3. Bad Wolf [9/10] 4. The Parting of the Ways [9/10]
5. Father's Day [8/10] 6. The End of the World [8/10]
7. The Unquiet Dead [7/10] 8. The Empty Child [7/10]
9. Boom Town [6/10] 10. Aliens of London [6/10] 11. World War III [6/10] 12. Rose [6/10] 13. The Long Game [6/10]
stories 1. Dalek 2. Bad Wolf / The Parting of the Ways 3. The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances 4. Father's Day 5. The End of the World 6. The Unquiet Dead 7. Boom Town 8. Aliens of London / World War III 9. Rose 10. The Long Game
performances (guest stars) 1. Florence Hoath as Nancy (in The Empty Child and The Doctor Dances) 2. Nicholas Briggs as Dalek (voice) (Dalek) - also contributes to final 2-parter 3. Shaun Dingwall as Pete Tyler (Father's Day) 4. Simon Callow as Charles Dickens (The Unquiet Dead) 5. David Verrey as 'Joseph Green' (Aliens of London and World War III)
performances (recurring cast) 1. Billie Piper as Rose Tyler 2. Christopher Eccleston as The Doctor 3. John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness 4. Camille Coduri as Jackie Tyler 5. Bruno Langley as Adam Mitchell
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